Valley of the Kings

As discussed on Hello Internet #61 (at about 40 mins)

A few sneaky snaps from a visit to the Valley of the Kings in 2010 - they are a bit ropey on some old phone when no-one was looking!

And a few pics elsewhere in Egypt.

Pointing Inception

This starts with a picture taken at the National Portrait Gallery.

To hear discussion of my "pointing at things selfie thing", check out the Hello Internet podcast.

(Sorry I have not included everyone's Tweets - it got a bit out of hand and I've tried to follow the longest path!)

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Math in the Archives

Below are some images from the recent Numberphile video filmed in the Royal Society Archives.

If you liked this video on Numberphile, then Objectivity will probably be right up your alley. Check it out and subscribe if you like it!

Himalayan Fly-By

As discussed on Hello Internet Episode 60... Delhi-Kathmandu-Paro and Paro-Delhi.

Everest was clouded out the first time but popped out the second time!

Photos from Japan

Professor Martyn Poliakoff (of Periodic Videos fame) is currently in Japan in his role as Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society.

The Professor can always be counted on to email some unusual photos when he's travelling.

Here he is with our dedicated Japanese fan Nagayasu Nawa, who flew several hundred kilometres to meet The Prof in person.

The Japanese school teacher is well-known to Periodic Videos viewers for the quirky gifts he sends to The Professor, some of which have featured in our videos.

On this occasion the gift was a blue “Happi” coat emblazoned with the Periodic Table, of course.

The Professor also sent me this amusing "no drones" sign!

Precision ink work

It's not easy constructing a perfect heptadecagon (regular 17-sided polygon) with ink.

Mathematician David Eisenbud famously showed this on Numberphile when his 17-gon demonstration went awry in amusing fashion (although the math lesson was still interesting and valid).

Professor Eisenbud's mishap spurred our audience to submit their own 17-gon attempts, some of which you can see at this link.

But no-one can top this submission from Brazilian physicist and Numberphile viewer Andre Reis Guimaraes.

Glad he didn't get Professor Eisenbud to handle the ink work!!!

Andre further explained: "I've always admired mathematics and all the amazing results you can take out of it just from some axioms, if I wasn't a physicist, I'd be a mathematician for sure.

"The tattoo was a 22nd birthday present. I was between the heptadecagon and the Mandelbrot set, but i just fell in live with the beauty of the lines.

"I've been a numberphile/sixty symbols/computerphile/objectivity fan for years now, and I really admire your work, as I admire the work of all those involved."

PS: 17-gons like this are displayed on some of the windows at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute where Professor Einsenbud is director. The address is 17 Gauss Way.